ServiceSpace ecosystem has moved me beyond what words can describe. Formany years, my husband Curt and I have operated from a fundamental belief that there is enough for everyone -- abundance. One of the projects we started,Respecting Our Elders, redistributes donated food to seniors and other in our own county who could use some extra food, and its been a privilege to gift about $4M worth of food every year, that otherwise would've been wasted. Ilonka is one of the people we've gifted to over time. She ended up writing a story about us in her Positive News paper. DailyGood ended up featuring that story -- and I got SO many emails that day that I still haven't been able to respond to all of them yet. Bit by bit, we learned about more of the ServiceSpace projects and I was most intrigued about Karma Kitchen. So today I took my restaurant owner friend, Sam, to visit and he is now very open to starting Karma Kitchen in Marin! On top of that, every other week, we go to Ilonka's house where she hosts her Easeful Feasts (Wednesdays on Tuesdays) in Bolinas. Not only that, the Dec 12th issue of Woman's World magazine (which reaches over 1 million readers in the US and Canada) featured our work and when I originally asked them where they heard of us, they said: "DailyGood! We are avid readers of DailyGood, to find stories we can feature." Thank you for all that all of you do to create new possibilities in the world.
Posted by Ruth Schwartz on Dec 11, 2011
On Dec 19, 2004 Jen wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks for yet another great meeting yesterday. Since 'helpers' didn't make it on the agenda yesterday, I wanted to share some quick feedback:
As a member of 'helpers' (the first round of attack for emails from the website), I constantly hear the gratitude and joy in emails sent to us thanking us for all the good we are doing. It's really inspiring to see that people all over the world, often people who don't speak English well, want to show their appreciation.
I also get the privilege to be connected to all the different facets of CF. Sometimes people get zoned in on their particular area and don't get to see all that CF does. Through helpers and all the zillions of questions I get, it forces me to constantly be thinking about what the best fit is for each question.
Given that we get dozens of emails everyday (many spam, that our tech team is now filtering out), I do have some requests: (a) since our site is so big, it would be really helpful to know which page the inquiries are coming from; (b) since we have an ever growing list of team, it would be great to have a contact list so I know exactly who to go to PledgePage, cShops, Service Exchange, international relations etc.; (c) I don't know how exactly to do this but we need to emphasize that CharityFocus does NOT provide financial assistance; if there's one thing I dread about this role, it is turning away people who are doing good work and asking for financial aid.
Thanks again! CharityFocus never ceases to amaze me. :)
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